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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12
COL. BOB OGDEN AND sREFORM.o

The Nichols managers have lately
recognized the sad fact that their bar
becue orators did not "enthuse" or
rouse up the people. Half a dozen
young lawyers were tried, but after a
few days practice were sent back to
The city-they did not suit. 1t has
been whispered lately in loud accents
that all these small fry were going to
be cast adrift, as the reformers had
anally captured superior quality of
orator, one Of honeyed tongue and
musical voice, who would preside over
the Nichols pig in language rich in
poetry and smile, and show the people
Why they should give all the offices to
the retormers.
We have waited expectant for this
new orator who was to electrify his au-
! alence and sweep everything before
MIN. We expected surprise, and we
nave been given one. When the
niaaen secret was revealed, and
We were told that this reform orator
WasCol. Bob" Ogden, we were stag
sered at this blow; and even the re-
@fmers, not in the secret, were
shocked and demoralized. at is al
ways the unexpected that happens"
wy are told; but with due allowance
a0r miracles, who could imagine that
0uf genial, rosy Col. Bob" Ogden
'"uid turn up as reformer 1t was a
sasgerer to see the big Four" la
yelled retormers; but for Col. "Bobn
@rush to the rescue of Nichols, when
81 OF Judge Whites and Frank A.
lachary's eloquence had run out, was
past belief.
S'm Blaine in his armor, with waving
pune was not half as conical spec
, ~uie as refolmer Bob" Ogden.
"aen and how did he catch this new
s.Sease" We have heard on every
- wv and has he got 1t badly?" When
o. ~ reform paper spoke OF "all those
sssNeosworthy OF the name, "thereform-
.e o declared that the cut at Col.
.DVo-'Lottery Bob" as they then
wy s'sa the reformer of to-day-was
N'atSed and severe.
!. w. bob" retired from politics,
,,,' we versa, to the peace and
49, OIL the Gulf coast. His
mn. Aaaous eloquence and genial
e. S,Hee We're missed from among
4. '0r awhile. Time works won
49, IN the quiet Of his lakeside
W d new spirit overcame Col.
L., tie had plenty of time for re-
h. '' LOT eommuning with his soul.
Ss was convinced that his political life
ta,o 'een d wicked one, his whole ma
int Vnahged and he became deeply
WHAT ~ win the principles of reform
S ~ they are.
trsa.a0 are some who say that the soft
Col D., Vi The Gulf did it and that as
grand - swung in his hammock the
him m m OF reform were waited unto
aso, ihere are others who attribute
oaecss use to apurely fish diet. No
VII the truth save Lottery
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

A Democratic mass meeting and barbecue
will be held at Monroe Thursday, Oct. 10.
Gov. McEnery, Hon. G. Newton, Hon. j. B.
Eustis, Gen. r. l.. Gibson, Hon. B. T. Jonas,
Major E. A. Burke, Hon. E. E. Kidd, Capt.
Il. f. Bell and other gentlemen have beeL
requested to deliver addresses. All Demo-
Gratis in that section Of the State, without
regard to factional differences have been in
vited to attend. Ample preparations have
been made for the entertainment of all Wis
itOrs.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12
Services in Memory of John d. Finch.
A New Organization of Union Veterans.

A New Organization of Union Veterans.
CHICAGO, Oct. "a preliminary meeting
to organize command in Chicago in the go
ciety of veterans of the regular army and
navy was held last evening in Grand Army
Hall, and a permanent organization may DO
effected soon. The association, besides be-
uevolent features similar to the G. A. r., in
tends by organized Efforts to obtain such
laws as viii secure to each honorably DIS
charged soldier or sailor of the regular scr
vice, OF his heirs, warrant for 100 acres Of
land, to aqualize the bounty laws that effect
regular soldiers or sailors, and enforce justice
in this respect.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

Democratic gain. sO7
That was a magnificent bolt! The next
year. 90 900 Democrats bolted the Demo-
cratic nomination for Secretary of State and
elected the Republican candidate. voting for
him directly. This is clearly shown by the
fp1raS.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

itself. under the Juggernaut wheels Of no.
litical machine must eypcct to he crushed
It is not reasonable to suppose That that com.
munity hopes to escape from being crushed.
=, Some of our political communities have
the lesson pretty vel, learned. Look at the
sanitary effects Of boiling in tho Eastern
States.
In New York, in 1882, Judge Folger,
man beyond every suspicion whatever. q man
OF such exalted character SIS is rarely nom
mated for gubernatorial Office. was defeat
ed for Governor of New York, merely be-
cause he had been nominated by political
machine. Everybody conceded his entire
fitness. What lesson these figures teach:
1SsO-President Garfield. ..... 555,544
1SS2-Goy Folger 21o AGA
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

Dry, hot weather succeeding the heavy
rains OF August, have lessened, and, in many
counties, destroyed prospects for a top crop,
but has forced the. opening of bolis, and pick
last year. The yield is expected to exceed
that of 1886 considerably, though much
below an average: The quality of the cotton
is represented as being unusually good,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12


NEW ORLEANS. April Is, 1881.
Sir-The New Orleans PiCly,tae of the 9Th
instant uses the following language in tho
leading editorial, to wit:
''PANACEA FOR POLITICAL ILLS.
1.-THE perfect remedy for ring rule is bolt
ing.
sThe ringsters of old times were syco-
plants who caught the tyrants ear. The
ringsters of new times are tricksters who
capture the delicate machinery of representa-
tive government and fortify themselves in
possession.
"1he refusal of desperate administration
to count scratched tickets correctly, or to
count opposition tickets at all, is an ephe-
neral obstacle. No success achieved by such
means can possibly be permanent.
The refusal of the voters to bolt bad
nominations is an act of Unreasonable
cowardce. No community can be safely in
trusted with the franchise so long as it is
bound slave to party lines-chained to con-
trolled machine and tyrannically whipped
into the traces by henchmen of place and
power.
THAT community which deliberately casts
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12
lO1.4 1891,
NORTH CAROLINA.

The, damage to previous prospects in.
fllcted by the July rains was not over-esti-
good rs at date of last report, though still
rating some over last year. Picking is pro-
crossing rapidly, and there are no prospects
OF any top crop. Light frosts IN several To-
calities, but no damage resulting.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12

Weather conditions, except in the north
west, have on the whole been rather favor
able, but the worms have inflicted such dam
age to the top crop that August expectations
in that section cannot be realized under any
circumstances, and there will be very little
by the storm of last fail the yield, though
short, is expected to be better than last sea-
son, but in the State at large considerable
reduction is reported.
The Knoxville Negro world., 1887-11-26
JELL1co RIOT.


There has been considerable
talk about the riot at Jellico,
between the whites and blacks.
We are sorry to chronicle the
sad intelligence that this riot
has become race issue. Yet,
nevertheless it is true. If we
would educate ourselves and
become good moral citizens,
we would not find it very diff
cult to be lava abiding citizens.
We do not pretend to say that
the white people. are wholly
irresponsible for the condition
of things at Jellico, on the con-
trary we are frank to say that
we believe they are just as
as boisterous as the colored
men. Yet they should be ex-
amples for those poor unfortu-
nate creatures that have grown
up in Mleness and ignorance.
We hope that there will be
no further effort made on the
part of those engaged to renew
this fight, but that all may go
home and feel ashamed for
having disturbed the peace and
dignity of their respective
states.
The Knoxville Negro world., 1887-11-26
A BIG RAFT.

An Enormous Amount of Timber 20
Be Towed to- New York.
Did you ever see big raft Of logs go
down any one Of the big rivers Of Amer
icas II you are familiar with logging
you will understand in some measure the
magnitude Of II. r. Robertson's enter
prise In undertaking to construct raft
containing %, 600 pieces of timber, more
than tenth Of q mile long, fifty feet wide
and thirty-six feet high. and float 1t by
ocean from Nova Scotia to New York.
Others will be able to appreciate 1t better,
perhaps, when they know that it would
take seyenty-four coasting schooners Of
l4O tons burden each to carry the amount
OF timber this enormous raft will contain,
that 1t will have occupied seven OF eight
months in the building when 1t is IN
ished, that it viii have cost $17, 200 ex-
elusive of the value Of the timber, and
that from thirty to forty men have been
employed upon it constantly since the
first stick was laid
The Knoxville Negro world., 1887-11-26

Suburban Sitka Is sweet and sad Ono
passes on the way to the wildwood,
where everybody goes as often as con-
venient, a so-called "blarney stone !"
Many q fellow has Clipped away at that
stone while he chatted with his girl-i
suppose that is where the blarney comes
inland left his name or initials for q
sacred memory There are dull old Rus
sian hieroglyphics there likewise. Love
Is alike In all languages, you know.
The truth about the stone is merely.
this 1t Is a big soft stone by the sea, and
of just the right height to rest weary
pilgrim There old Baranoff, the first
governor, used to sit Of a summer after
noon and sip his Russian brandy until he
was as senseless as the stone beneath
him, and then he was carried in state up
to the colonial castle and suffered to
sober OF. Beyond the stone, and the
curving beach with the grass grown high
way skirting it, is the forest; and through
this forest is the lovers lane, made long
ago by the eearly colonists and kept ia per-
feet trim by the latest; lane that is
green arched overhead and fern walled
on either side, and soft with the dust OF
dead pine boughs underfOot There also
are streams and waterfalls and rustic
bridges such as one might look for in
some stately park in England, but hardly
In Alaska. Surely there is no bit of will
derness finer than this, All is sweet and
grave and silent, save for the ripple of
waters and the sighing Of winds. Alaska
Cor. San Francisco. Chronicle.
The Knoxville Negro world., 1887-11-26
A Hoosier Abroad.

Mr.. A. o. Stevens relates that some
years ago he met the Rev. DR.. Edward
Eggleston in Switzerland, and went with
him to diligence bureau to secure him a
place to Chamounix II acted, says Mr..
Stevens, las interpreter, and noticed the
clerk looking with. awe at DR.. Eggleston's 3
tall form, long hair, sombrero and novel
cut of clothes, for he affected the western
air then What is that man there-an
Amerieanr the clerk asked me in French.
Yea answered. He hesitated min.
ute and continued, looking again at the
hair and hat Is 1t that he is savages
Savage? not at all. I beg ten thousand
pardons, but it to me occurred that he 10
BY hazard an Indian. 'Ahl not exactly,
replied. He Is not an Indian, but an
Indianian.' 'Ahl precisely. / thought
so' And, thanks to the mans mystifica-
tion, DR.. Eggleston got a seat in the i'm
perial that had already been engaged -
Los Angeles Tribune.
The Knoxville Negro world., 1887-11-26
A Terrible struexls.

Dry Throat Johnny was coming down
Scrub Gulch when be suddenly came
upon the evidences of a, terrible struggle.
The earth was torn up, shrubs trampled
down, and blood, buttons and shreds Of
clothing were scattered about In profu-
Gon. A little farther on he found the
form Of man, torn and bleeding, but
with faint signs Of life In him. Lifting
his head and putting q bottle to his ups
he recognized an old comrade.
"Hello, Missouri What ye been dotu'f
What's the matterf''
"Thar's right smart bar down thar
Johnny" feebly replied his friend, point
ing to bears carcass that had received
the worst Of the racas.-Detroit Free
Press
The Knoxville Negro world., 1887-11-26
rne Curse Of the Dramatic Art.

combinations are getting to be the
curse of dramatic art. They are fertile
soil for 'sbig heads. " No sooner has
clever fellow or charming Soubrette
made hit Ia combination and received
some considerable attention from the
press than he or she, az the case may be,
straightway dreams Of seeing his or her
name emblazoned in alluring colors. on
tall fences and embalmed in printers ink
at 90 much an inch or foot.
In, thus dreaming the dreamer has one
Of the most violent types of nightmare.
Nearly all of these people are sincere, but
misguided. They are really good actors
and actresses, and honetsly entitled to the
praise they receive. But 30 soon as they
venture forth on those upper rounds Of
the theatrical ladder, upon which some Of
the best find it hard to cling, they most
heartily wish they had stayed on their
own comfortable roost, where they really
achieved more success and made more
m0uOy.-Boston Times.
The Knoxville Negro world., 1887-11-26
PARTY RATES.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, November !, 1881
Commencing this date the following rates
will be made by our lines for parties Of ten
or more persons, travelling in body on one
ticket:
10 to IA persons inclusive, - cents per mile,
Is to 26 persons inclusive, II cents per mile,
over 25 persons, two (2) cents per mile"
One hundred and Atty u60) pounds OF
baggage for each passenger, when trans
ported on the same train with the party, to
bs allowed free; excess of that amount to be
charged for at regular extra baggage rates
B. w. wRENN,
Gen. Passenger and Ticket Agt.
The Knoxville Negro world., 1887-11-26

The top of the ballot box contains the
vJting machinery. The peculiarly OF
this Is that it will not register unless
ballot is inserted. It is impossible to turn
the handle unless ballot is put into the
little hele that is shown in ther Then
the election officer turns the handle. This
moves two wheels over which mixed rib
bon passes, making printing machine.
The ballet is caught by these wheels and
stamped thus: 600 -4.a-...-s..4n~~-
AS the ballot "a CAMnEt -,H,Go
drops from the ~-as ls-'""7s f'7TH-.
stamp to tie bottom of the box bell
rings and numbering machine, the face
of which is shown in the crt attic top Of
the circular case containing the machinery,
registers l.
It will be noticed that i'll The middle of
of the stamp, on the ticket, there is q
little puncture, This Is to detect dupk'
cate ballot.
The Knoxville Negro world., 1887-11-26
QUAINT SAYINGS OF CHILDREN.
raE SHADOW OF COMING cAas.

THE SAAUOW CF COMING CARR.
Mary to Alice = Your doll looks very
poorly What ails it, .iice--lt frets good
deal Alfresl knocked out ole of its ey es last
week, ;,sld it lost a great deal Of savd'ist, and
hasn't been the same doll .;ince>-->@
SIRE HAD HIGH ASPIRATIONS.
There ws.s Strike in the family of an up
town citizen tha other day Little Miss
Edith who Il : attained the niassi-! re age of
T. years has long been a light III the infant
class ol lIei' Sunday school, a company of
some thirty Juveniles On the particular day
mentioned she refused To attend II amt
going amy More, she said; ''pm tired Of be-
Ing with those kids | want to he promoted !"
She won -Brookiyn Eagle
SCHOOL BETTER TFAN HOME
Bobby Ma, can stay nome frcm schoo.
today Mother Yes, F bby, your father
wants you to help him put UP the parlor
stove Bobby Nell, r4a. why can't I go to
4chool' The Epoch
WHY BoBRY REFUSED
Ninister-And 50 the little boys asked you
to play marbles on Sunday, Bobby. and you
refused Bobby--Yes, sir Ainister-Now
tell me why il was, Bobby, that you refused
Bobby y-'Cauat. hey wQuldnt play for Keeps.
- new OIA 1tlii.
ANNOUNCED FROM HEADQUARTERS.
A little girl g. the ,ilIl i1tef OF friend
OF mine, did a precocious and amusing thing
the othee day She is possessed of a fiery
head of hair. Getting into a street car with
her mother, she noticed the glance of the
passengers and their evident amusement as
the same thought occurred to Them Climb
ing on the seat she looked up and down the
street, finally e2claiulng as her eye rested on
the object it sought; -sOh, manima; there's
t.iP Cal suomeu tn1e tne PAST went around
Louis Spectator.
SPARKS FROM LITTLE ADELAIDE's BRAIN
An influx of "over Sunday visitors hav-
ing filed eight seats at Adelaide's table with
young men she refused to eat. Being ques-
toned the 4-year-old mite replies: Il am not
at all pleased at such crowd Of men being
sent here. They take away my appetite"
(She seems likely to survive.1 Papa to Ade-
laide Whose mamma is away for few days
We miss mamma awfully, don't we. Ade-
laide? Adelaide hesitatingly VI don't know,
papa; probably you do, but she fuses so,
think 1t tries my nervous system. At another
time strange child was introduced to the
tiny hostess with injunctions as to his enter
tainment. With superb dignity the sug-
gestions were checked by: MY dear, have
played with children all my life American
Magazine
TURNING THE TABLES.
Aunty Here is an apple, Johnny' share it
with your sister in a Christian spirit Johnny
How am / to do that, aunties Aunty-
Offer her the largest piece. Johnny hand-
ing the apple to his sister)-There, Sissy, you
share like Christian. Life
HE KNEW ALL ABOUT IT.
Old Lady-rm sorry to bear a little boy
use such shocking language. Do you know
what becomes of little boys who sweare
Urchin-- Yes'm Dey gifts ter be hoss car
The Knoxville Negro world., 1887-11-26
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SIDE VIEW OF RAFT.
Dotted lines show binding chains

NDOll@o iACS eAOW DtutAAuS cudluS
Where is this big raft and why is It
built! 1t is now lying at the head waters
Of the Chignect bay, Cumberland county,
n. s., and its construction is an attempt
to- decrease the enormous cost of trans
porting timber from the woods of the
maritime provinces to the metropolis of
the new world. For great as the figures
of construction are, and although it will
cost 81, O0U to tow the raft from its birth
place to its destination, it would cost
much more I'd load the same amount OF
timber into schooners and pay-the freight
10 New York after it was loaded And
besides, it will be possible 10 trans.
port much larger sticks lii the raft
than could be carried by schooner Mar.
tin Hawkins, of New York, has had
charge of the actual CONSTRUCTION OF tile
raft, which bears no resemblance TO any So
called timber ships of the past, such as
one built in 1892 by DR.. Tupper at Swan
Island, Me, nor like the timber ship
Barron Of Renfrew built in 1926 in Quebec.
These craft were made Of timber, squared
for the purpose Of slowing il ships and for
convenience In measurement. being known
by the name of ton timber and were
fastened together with trenails and had
masts, keel and rudder 10 prOpel them
through the water, were much smaller.
and never arrived at their destinations.
The Knoxville Negro world., 1887-11-26
WAYS.

if the weather is favorable, will be towed
by two powerful tugboats
AS shown by the accompanying cut the
raft is to- be cigar shared, and is to be
bound together with d strong chain from
end to end passing through the center, to
which Shorter chains are to be stretched
= tervals OF ten feet to the outer cir.
inference of the mass, there to connect
yi. Qther chains drawn tightly about the
l'J1ss. md rf- ~tsfe iaufuoiI1 rslIn
le.p ng the more securely the nfIiber. is
4. = sozether. This raft is to be launched
the same as a vessel from the ways. This
idea was first sought to be carried out in
1885, but the ways broke down and other
practical difficulties were encountered, II
the present attempt proves successful it.
will effect most important revolution in
the transportation of timber by ocean
The Knoxville Negro world., 1887-11-26

In the history Of this country can
be found no dissention between the
laborer and the capitalist, but by the
introduction Of foreign immigration
and the continued multiplicity Of con-
vict, pauper and tramp labor, the
country has gradually drifted into n
state of barbarism and crime. The
capitalist and bio ted bondholders are
largely responsible for the condition of
the country to-day. The labor ele-
ment should have better wages and
should have better protection by the
law. They are the ''bone and 81 new"
of our marvellous progress, and have
made for the capitalists and bond
holders a country that has not rival
in the civilized world. They have
torn to pieces the granite foundations
of the earth and made unnr
The Knoxville Negro world., 1887-11-26
GOOD NIGHT.

The tales are told, the songs are sung.
The evening romp is over,
And up the nursery steps they climb.
With little buzzing tongues that chino
Like bees among the clover.
Their busy brains aud happy hearts
Are full of crowding fancies,
From song and tale and make believe >
wondrous web Of dreams they weave 6
And airy child romances. -
The starry night Is fair without, ;.
The new moon rises tlowly,
The nursery lamp Is burning faint
Each white robed, IKE little saint. i
Their prayers they murmur iowly.
Good night The tired heads are sttA
On pillows soft reposing,
The dim and dizzy mists Of sleep
About their thoughts begin to creep.
Their drowsy eyes are closing
Good night, Their tired heads are still,
On pillows soft reposing.
Good night While through the silent air
The moonbeams pale are streaming.
They drift from daylight's noisy shore.
BLOW out the light and shut the door.
And leave them to their dreaming y
-Philadelphia TimeA
The Knoxville Negro world., 1887-11-26

They tried new brand of ballot boxes
in New Jersey this year, the friends Of
which claim win prevent any possibility
of ballot box stufang
As the cut shows, the new box is q cube,
with four sides of glass. Woven wire 10
pressed into these plates Of glass, which are
strongly set into metal pillars atthe corners
and into the top and bottom. The thick
glass Is perfectly transparent, so that the
whole interior of the box is in full view
The woven wire makes the glass so strong
that, even when smashed with a hatcbet.
holds together as firmly as ever
The Knoxville Negro world., 1887-11-26

=
flying steam engine through the dark
forests and unber and above the
earth, and by their skill and mechan-
ical ingenuity, have caused brother to
communicate with brother thousands
of miles away, almostin the twinkling
of a moment. The laboring men have
plowed the mighty deep" dived
down into her chambers of wealth;
and have marked pathways over her
foaming billows to the far away shores
Of the Englishman, Scotchman Ger
man and the brawny SONS of Erin.
Even the poor heather, by the la
borers toll, can now have the gospel
of salvation preached unto them and
can receive the benefits Of our en-.
ligntened and business people. And
Notwithstanding all this, the laboring
men have been crushed by the all
powerful hand of the capitalist-the
men who have become millionaires in
a day. The government should take
some speedy steps to regulate this sys-
tenn of affairs and make the laborer's
condition even tolerable.
The Knoxville Negro world., 1887-11-26

DEMOCRATIC politicians throughout
the country are very jubilant over
the late election in New York, but
there is nothing indicative that they
will be able to carry that state for
Grover Cleveland in 1888. The Re-
publican party, with John Sherman
az their candidate, will ride into
power with such an overwhelming
majority that will cause the Demo
cratic party Is go into their hole and
then pull the hole in after them.
The Knoxville Negro world., 1887-11-26

~
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. tS 1eR.
Robert ;. B1rdstte, Bryn Mawr. Pa:
DEAR SIR-Some weeks ago mailed you q lee.
ter with check. Receiving no acknowledgements
Of 1t thus far, am anxious 10 know il it reached
voc safely. Yours truly,
CYRUs H. K. CURelS
BEANv1LLE, Mass, Oct. e. 1se.
It calco and went
Was caShed and spent, A
Part for clothes and part for rent
Yours ~ ever,
RcSERT J. BURDEPTA
Tho Journalist.